About WuW Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb

WuW Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb

WuW — Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb — is the German trade journal for German and European competition law, published monthly in Düsseldorf since November 1951. One of the leading journals in German and European cartel, merger-control, and competition-policy law, it serves lawyers in companies, authorities, courts, and business and professional associations with practice-oriented treatises, comments, and decision documentation. The journal's signature feature is the WuW decision collection, a loose-leaf compilation of cartel-law decisions that readers file systematically. The print ISSN is 0043-6151.

Overview

The competition-law specialization defines the journal: the German and European Kartell- und Fusionskontrollrecht, the Wettbewerbspolitik debates, and the Marktorganisation topics. The monthly expert treatises give the practitioners the competent practice-oriented answers and the thought impulses for a new competition theory.

The loose-leaf decision collection is the brand's signature: the WuW-Entscheidungssammlung's detachable filing, the subject-organized archiving, and the Sachtitel-Leitsätze-Schlagworte indexing. The decades-built collection serves as the comprehensive reference source on German and European cartel-law practice.

The subscriber database extends the print: the free online-archive access with full texts from 1997, the comprehensive research tool, and the online-first contributions. The print-online bundle's annual subscription gives the competition lawyers the integrated research environment.

Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (WuW) is a trade journal for German and European competition law: "Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (WuW) ist eine Fachzeitschrift für deutsches und europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht. Seit 1951 erscheint sie monatlich in der Handelsblatt Fachmedien GmbH." The Düsseldorf publishing base places the journal in the Rhine-Ruhr legal and business hub.

According to the publisher, WuW addresses "Juristen in Unternehmen, Behörden, Gerichten, Wirtschafts- und Fachverbänden" — lawyers in companies, authorities, courts, and business and professional associations. The content comprises articles on merger control, competition and cartel law, and market organization. Current questions are answered through practice-oriented treatises, comments, and short contributions by recognized experts from academia and practice, showing the current cartel-law practice in Germany, Europe, and the leading industrial states.

A permanent component of each issue is the WuW decision collection as a loose-leaf edition, which readers detach and file in organized form. Access to the online archive with full texts from 1997 is free for subscribers, offering a comprehensive research tool. The editors include Justus Haucap, Wolfgang Kirchhoff, Andreas Mundt, Rupprecht Podszun, Petra Pohlmann, Daniela Seeliger, Daniel Zimmer, and Florian Wagner-von Papp.

History

The 1951 founding era's competition-law debates shaped the program: the young Federal Republic's decartelization, the GWB's 1958 arrival, and the European competition rules' development. The journal's monthly documentation accompanied each legislative and jurisprudential milestone.

The Düsseldorf publishing base anchors the journal: the Handelsblatt Fachmedien's business-press environment, the Rhine-Ruhr corporate-lawyer readership, and the Fachmedien Otto Schmidt's legal-publishing expertise. The specialist-media consolidation brought the business-press journal into the legal-publishing group.

The editor generations reflect the field's academic-practice bridge: the Haucap industrial-economics perspective, the Mundt Federal Cartel Office presidency, the Podszun and Zimmer academic voices, and the Wagner-von Papp practice expertise. The editorial board's composition gives the journal its authority.

The November 1951 first issue placed WuW among the Federal Republic's earliest economic-law journals, founded in the era of the emerging German competition-law order. The monthly publication has continued uninterrupted for more than seven decades, documenting the development of German and European antitrust law from the early cartel-law debates through European harmonization to the digital-platform regulation age.

The publisher is the Handelsblatt Fachmedien GmbH in Düsseldorf; current manufacturer information names Fachmedien Otto Schmidt, Neumannstraße 10, 40235 Düsseldorf, reflecting the specialist-media consolidation in the legal publishing market. The journal's continuous monthly appearance since 1951 makes it one of the longest-running German legal periodicals.

The decision-collection tradition gives the journal its archival character: the loose-leaf WuW-Entscheidungssammlung, filed systematically by subscribers, built over decades into a comprehensive reference source on German and European cartel-law practice, indexed by subject titles, headnotes, and keywords.

Coverage and Content

The merger-control journalism addresses the transaction practice: the Fusionskontrolle thresholds, the Phase II proceedings, and the remedy negotiations. The monthly treatises give the deal lawyers the current doctrine.

The cartel-damages journalism tracks the private enforcement: the Kartellschadensersatz claims, the Schienenkartell litigation, and the passing-on defense. The BGH's cartel-damages jurisprudence gets the systematic WuW documentation.

The abuse-supervision journalism covers the dominance cases: the Marktbeherrschung assessments, the Missbrauchsaufsicht proceedings, and the § 19a GWB digital-platform rules. The DMA's arrival and the 11th GWB amendment's new Bundeskartellamt powers shape the current coverage.

The fine-proceedings journalism addresses the enforcement: the Bußgeldverfahren, the leniency programs, and the dawn raids. The sector-inquiry coverage — such as the online-advertising inquiry's 2018–2023 run — gives the regulatory agenda its analysis.

The comparative view enriches the national practice: the other European cartel-law systems' solution approaches, the international agreements' documentation, and the leading industrial states' practice coverage. The documentation section's full-text laws and directives give the readers the primary sources.

The topical program covers cartel law, competition law, the cartel prohibition, merger control, cartel damages, market dominance, abuse supervision, and fine proceedings. Through the printing and commentary of important statutes, regulations, directives, and decisions, readers recognize the decisive developments and connections in German and European cartel law.

The monthly WuW decision section delivers the current important decisions of the European Court of Justice, the European Commission, the Federal Court of Justice, the appellate courts, and the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt). The editorial preparation of the decisions simplifies grasping the core contents. The view into other European cartel-law systems offers solution approaches for national practice questions.

The information and documentation section prints important domestic and foreign statutes, EC regulations and directives, and international agreements in full text with commentary. The journal addresses attorneys in law firms, companies, and associations, as well as authorities, courts, and universities. The LinkedIn presence extends the brand's competition-law discourse with online-first contributions, such as analyses of the Federal Cartel Office's sector inquiry into online advertising.

Organization and Ownership

WuW is published by the Handelsblatt Fachmedien GmbH in Düsseldorf; manufacturer information for the subscription product names Fachmedien Otto Schmidt KG, Neumannstraße 10, 40235 Düsseldorf. The editorial board comprises the named editors Justus Haucap, Wolfgang Kirchhoff, Andreas Mundt, Rupprecht Podszun, Petra Pohlmann, Daniela Seeliger, Daniel Zimmer, and Florian Wagner-von Papp — leading academics and practitioners in competition law, including the president of the Federal Cartel Office.

The subscription terms document the professional publishing model: annual billing in advance, a 12-month minimum subscription period, and six weeks' notice to year-end. Every subscriber receives free access to the WuW online database. Current ownership details beyond the publishing arrangement are not publicly confirmed in the sources reviewed.

Digital Presence

The wuw-online.de portal's database function serves the research needs: the 1997-onward full-text archive, the decision-collection search, and the topic browsing. The subscriber-exclusive access gives the paying readers the comprehensive reference.

The online-first workflow accelerates the journalism: the LinkedIn-announced pre-print contributions, the subscriber-early online access, and the print follow-up. The Haus-Steinsseifer sector-inquiry article's online-first publication illustrates the model.

The trial-subscription marketing extends the reach: the Probe-Abo with database access, the print-plus-online bundles, and the online-only options. The 1,437 LinkedIn followers' professional network amplifies the brand's competition-law voice.

The digital home is wuw-online.de, the journal's online portal with the subscriber database containing full texts from 1997. The online-first publishing extends the monthly print rhythm: contributions appear online for subscribers before the print issue, as illustrated by the LinkedIn announcements of forthcoming articles.

The LinkedIn presence — with 1,437 followers — carries the brand's competition-law commentary into the professional social network, promoting trial subscriptions with database access and highlighting new online-first contributions. Through the portal, the monthly print journal with its loose-leaf decision collection, and the social-media discourse, WuW maintains its role as one of the leading journals of German and European cartel and merger-control law since 1951.